tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post390708968901675630..comments2024-01-25T15:49:37.832-07:00Comments on <b>SEX SCENES AT STARBUCKS</b>: processUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-82177169281798690562011-09-29T21:37:12.204-06:002011-09-29T21:37:12.204-06:00It's not as bad as you think. I think it's...It's not as bad as you think. I think it's essential to write new characters and stories to grow, actually. I took a long break from Sentinel when I figured out I didn't have the skills yet to do it the way I wanted. I wrote two books in the meantime, and interspersed at least a dozen stories and my erotica work. It all helps me grow.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-45196454768932650952011-09-29T15:55:46.352-06:002011-09-29T15:55:46.352-06:00Well, we have a lot of down time on the threads. O...Well, we have a lot of down time on the threads. One scene can take days to write. We have no real plot. At my count I'm doing about 25 characters if you include all the fantasy people, the snakes, the baby and assorted felines. You've got at least 15 I can think of, plus legions of baddies.<br /><br />The point being, "we have worlds enough and time." Plus a collective 13 years with these characters. Writing something new <br />from scratch would be like learning to walk again, I thinkNighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-13837306817354929422011-09-29T12:29:09.479-06:002011-09-29T12:29:09.479-06:00I used to be very stuck on my ideas only coming as...I used to be very stuck on my ideas only coming as I write. But now I'm more stuck on the idea of having to think them out. It's not that I don't get ideas when I write still, but my best, cohesive ideas come from deliberate plotting.<br /><br />Hopefully you've gotten into some of that too, from the threads. Half the time you come to me: I was thinking and I got this idea...ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-20226933179390141322011-09-29T04:23:50.180-06:002011-09-29T04:23:50.180-06:00I haven't written that much, but my ideas come...I haven't written that much, but my ideas come as I write so outlining is impossible. My process so far has been to take some characters, set up a general situation,and just see what they do. The first draft is a lot of discovery for all of us. I get about a third of the way through and stop.<br /><br />Then it's like, okay kids, time to get serious and start over, figure this out for real. I always revise the previous day's work before moving on. I find thos helps me keep the tone and voice cosistent, unless I'm switching points of view. But if I have an idea of a scene I want to write, a crucial bit of action or dialogue, i'll put that in a separate file for later.Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-75877929602984426702011-09-28T07:34:29.735-06:002011-09-28T07:34:29.735-06:00It's interesting, the slowly bit. I just heard...It's interesting, the slowly bit. I just heard a story on entreprenuers on NPR this morning. At this point there's too much stuff: books, websites, games, apps, clothes...etc. Right now the big money focus is on how we can make our processes more efficient. That's what I'm about here. I'm writing two series and would like to launch another two...<br /><br />It's refreshing to run into someone who focuses on slowly.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-34756895143221542392011-09-27T21:51:32.731-06:002011-09-27T21:51:32.731-06:00Draft, edit, write a little, edit a lot. Sometime...Draft, edit, write a little, edit a lot. Sometimes I take way to long at researching - names, places to emulate, careers. I love it when I get to just write a concept straight through.<br /><br />I don't always add details, just action or dialogue when I'm in a zone.<br /><br />I like your idea of just writing the structure, then adding details in later. Slowly.<br /><br />......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-39361090424774467352011-09-27T13:04:34.830-06:002011-09-27T13:04:34.830-06:00You know, I do that too. I call it rolling revisio...You know, I do that too. I call it rolling revisions. I try hard not to, but it seems it always happens anyway... I don't know how that would jive with writing a super lean first draft.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-78295525394278090202011-09-27T12:10:19.297-06:002011-09-27T12:10:19.297-06:00I write 30-40 pages then edit my way through them ...I write 30-40 pages then edit my way through them before writing 30-40more. Then I go back and edit all of it until I get to what I have and write30-40 more. This means the front sidecof the story is mostly polished by the time I'm done.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.com